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Old English · verb

gehydan

Normalised ġehȳdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈxyː.dɑn/
[jeˈhyː.dɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈxyː · dɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
safetyconcealheed

Meaning

  1. to hide, conceal

    ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

    proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

    wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

  2. to watch, guard, heed

  3. to bring into safety, make firm, fasten

Conjugation

Conjugation of gehydan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġehȳdeġehȳdde
2nd singular ġehȳdestġehȳtstġehȳddest
3rd singular ġehȳdeþġehȳttġehȳtġehȳdde
Plural ġehȳdaþġehȳddon
Subjunctive
Singular ġehȳdeġehȳdde
Plural ġehȳdenġehȳdden
Non-finite forms of gehydan
Form
Infinitive ġehȳdan
Inflected infinitive ġehȳdenne
Imperative singular ġehȳd
Imperative plural ġehȳdaþ
Present participle ġehȳdende
Past participle ġehȳded

All forms (17)

Etymology

From ġe- + hȳdan (“hide”).

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